Bed-bottom support.



W. F. BERNSTEIN.

BED BOTTOM SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED' xuNE 9.1915.

1,200,800,- r Pmnd oct. 10,1916.

Illllllulmm WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. BERNSTEIN, GF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BERN- STEIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR- PORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.

BED-BOTTOM SUPPORT.

Application led .Tune 9, 1915.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BERN- s'rniN, a citizenv of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Bed-Bottom Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful bed bottom support and consists of a plate or supporting member adapted to be secured to a bed standard and which is provided with a socket to receive a suitable portion of the bed bottom with means for preventing the accidental displacement of that portion from the socket.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter set forth.

For the purpose of illustrating` my inven tion, I have shown in the accompanying drawing one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as shown and described.

Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of the support showing a portion of the standard to which it is connected and showing one socket with a suitable portion of a bed bottom therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the controlling bar removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, it will be understood that the bed bottom support is adapted for any suitable form of bed and in the c rawings I have shown a form which is more particularly adapted for use on folding bed structures such as are usually employed in hospitals, on board ships, etc., wherein a pair of standards support or carry a plurality of folding bed bottoms in pairs on opposite sides of the standards. As the support may be formed with only one socket, it will be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the form as shown.

1 designates a plate which is adapted to be Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Serial No. 33,008.

connected in any suitable manner with a bedk standard and which is'provided with a socket orrecess 2 in its upper face preferablyV ycurved to receive and support a suitable portion of a bed bottom and in which said portion is journaled. Extending up` wardly at one' side of the socket is an arm S'which is provided with an inwardly eX- tending flange L1 which overhangs the socket Zand is spaced therefrom and also from the top of'the plate to form a passage or space 6 to' permit of the insertion into and removal from the socket of a suitable portion ofthe bed bottom.

7 designates a bar which is adapted for removable connection with the plate 1 in order to have the end thereof close or control the passage 6 of the socket 2, after the proper portion of the bed bottom has been in- `serted, whereby the same is prevented from accidental displacement from its bearing. vVhile any suitable form of bed bottom may be employed, in the drawings I have shown' a portion of a side rail 8 having an end rail 9 and with the end of the side rail 8 projecting to form a pin'or extending portion 10 which is adapted to pass the opening or space 6 and be seated in the socket 2, said pin 10 having a head 11 to engage with the side ofthe plate 2 to hold the parts in po- Ysition while permitting rotation thereof. I preferably form a lip 12 around the socket to provide an increased bearing surface for the pin 10 and also serve to form a strengthening means for the support. Any suitable means for connecting the plate with a bed standard may be employed and, as shown, 13 designates a tubular standard through which passes a bolt 14. which also passes through an opening in the plate 1 and the threaded portion of which bolt is engaged by a nut 15 and bears against the outer face of the plate. A second bolt 16 passes through suitable openings in the standard 13 and through an opening in the plate 1 and also through an opening in an extending lug or ear 17 of the bar 7 and the threaded end of which bolt is engaged by a nut 18 for locking the parts in position including the bar 7. It will be understood that by removing the nut 18 the bar 7 can be removed from its position on the plate 1 thus opening the space 6 and permitting insertion of the pin or journal 10 of the bed portion after which the plate 7 is returned to operative position and held there by the nut 18. It will be notedv more particularly from Fig. 3 that the lug 17 is os'et from the bar 7 and that the bottom 19 of said bar is adapted to rest upon the top edge or wall 5 of the plate 1. This forms an interlocking engagement between thel bar and plate that prevents any movement of either the plate or bar in any direct1on.

YVhen the support is used for the folding bed constructions above noted, the same is provided with a second socket and with parts similar to that already described forming a duplication, the plate havinga socket on each side of the standard by means of which'bed bottoms in pairs, one on" each side of the standards, can be supported and: each may be independently folded. When the support is used in this construction, the hooks 20 are adapted for connection with the chains or supporting means which are connected with the outer edge of the bed bottom when in operative position and by means of whichv a suitable portion of' the chains may be connected, to hold the bed bottoms in closed position.

It will now be apparent that I have devised' a novel and' useful construction of a bed bottom` support whichy embodies the featurcs of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred` embodiment thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacriicing any 4:

and having an inturned flange which overhangs said socket toward the side of said plate adapted with said socket to form a passage for the insertion into and removal from the socket of said bed bottom portion, and a bar which is carried by said plate and has an end adjacent to and below the level oi said overhanging flange adapted to close said passage, said bar being laterally movable to open the latter.

2. In a device of the character stated, a plate adapted to be secured to a standard and extending beyond the same on each side, a socket' in the upper portion of the plate on each side of the standard, an arm extending upwardly from each side above each socket, a flange extending inwardly from each arm to provide a passage between it and the top of the plate, and a removable bar adapted' to rest on said plate and having a depending ear `adapted to overhang said plate, said bar with its ear being adapted to bel secured to said plate and consequently to said standard and when in its normal position closing said passage.

p VILLIAM F. BERNSTEIN.

Witnesses CLARENCE E. BATES, PAULE. J MUNDY.

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